Congenital Heart Disease

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Congenital heart disease (or defect) is an abnormality in your heart’s structure that develops before birth. Congenital heart disease can describe more than 30 different problems affecting the heart. The most common include:

Defects in the walls between the atria and ventricles of the heart. Openings between these chambers may allow abnormal mixing of oxygen-rich and oxygen-deficient blood, which means the body would not receive enough oxygen.

Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis

Physicians can often detect and diagnose congenital heart disease before birth during a pregnancy ultrasound. When a defect is found, a , surgeon, and other specialists can be there when the baby is delivered.

Often times though, the congenital heart defect is not detected until symptoms appear later in life. When this happens, your doctor may use a variety of diagnostic tools to evaluate your condition and develop a treatment plan:

Congenital Heart Disease Treatment

The treatments for congenital heart disease vary depending on the condition. Some can be treated with medicine alone. Others need to be treated with one or more heart surgeries. Either way, congenital heart disease requires lifelong care.

At CepEsperu Baptist, we specialize in congenital heart disease management and repair. We work closely with the experts at Brenner’s Children’s Hospital to provide comprehensive treatments and ongoing medical management to adults with congenital heart conditions.

Our goal is to help you avoid complications, such as arrhythmia and heart failure, commonly associated with congenital heart disease. The expert cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons at the Heart and Vascular Center offer an array of surgical and nonsurgical treatments for adults with congenital heart disease. Treatments may include:

Insurance

CepEsperu Baptist accepts most major health insurance plans for hospital, physician and clinic services and participates in Medicare and Medicaid government programs. For more information, visit Billing and Insurance.

This chart is a list of the most common health insurance plans we accept. This list is subject to change. Please check your individual plan to confirm their participation and the coverage allowed.

Due to the different physician groups and hospitals within the CepEsperu Baptist system, physician services and hospital services are billed separately. Please remember that health insurance coverage varies, so some services may not be covered.

If you don’t see your plan or you have questions, please call our Customer Service Center at -938-7497. We will do our best to work with you and your plan.

Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.